Re: Your Favorite Install Tool?

Wierd Installs,  Ok, here goes.........

The worst I think I have every seen was a wood frame house in Milwaukee in which the installer ran all the wires to the windows on the 'outside' of the house, around the house, stappled to the siding, under the roof overhanges and then each run down to the windows. He drilled directly into and through the window frames to his alarm window sensors.

Oh yes, the wire was brown, AC lamp zip cord and the window switches were standard industrial mechanical limit switches. All the brown zip cord wrapped around the house and back into the wall into, you guessed it, a home made alarm bell in a box control. I wish I had a picture of the mess, but this was way before digital cameras. The house was a light biege, so the house kind of looked like a ice cream sundae with stringy chocolate syrup on it.

It was so long ago that I can't remember what I said to the customer, but anything nice and not laughing I am sure was hard at the time.

BobbyD

Crash Gordon wrote:

Here's a better one (or at least weirder):

Major alarm co in my area...here's how they mount the panels...huge glob of construction adhesive and one drywall screw to hold it from falling down while the glue dries. If you have to change the panel somewhere down the road half the wall comes off with the box. Same for lawn signs, which they mount on the side yard gate. Nice, huh.


"bdolph" <bdolph@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Rqe7f.1165$A63.901@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Auuggghh .....Must be an ex Rollins installer.
|
| Speaking of double stick tape - I just saw an electrical contractor
| today put up some REX motions in the front lobby of a new bank building
| with double stick. Should look nice for about 3 - 6 months. Actually,
| he had originally mounted them upside down and it madeit easy for him to
| flip them around. They would open the door if you were 10 feet or more
| away from the door. If you were next to it, tough luck. They were
| maglocks. An alarm guy explained to them what the picture on the back
| of the REX pointed to the door was for. Grin!!
|
| BobbyD
|
| Mark Leuck wrote:
|
| >Double-stick tape (stolen from Tom Fowler)
| >
| >"bdolph" <bdolph@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| >news:KhT6f.734$A63.197@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| >
| >
| >>Let us know about your favorite installation tool ?
| >>
| >>Mine is the Robertson (square-drive) screwdriver? Screws stay on with
| >>one hand at all angles and drive true and hard.
| >>
| >>BobbyD
| >>
| >>
| >
| >
| >
| >
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